Reflection On My Writing

I have been practicing on how to improve my writing over the past few weeks, which has taught me a great deal about writing. My teacher would like me to evaluate and explain my strengths and weaknesses in my own writing. This evaluation is in between my two essays. One on my own and another with my teacher's help. I have strengths and weakness in my introduction, body paragraphs ,and my conclusion.

As a student entering the 10th grade my essay writing abilities were questionable at best. However over the course of my sophomore year I acquired new skills and techniques to construct and write essays. In some cases this class broadened my abilities already in place and in others it constructed new abilities to help strengthen others. All in all I am a better writer than when I entered my sophomore year. Despite all the positive changes to my writing style that have occurred over the past year some parts of my writing style require more effort to come to par with other parts of my writing style. As a writer over the past year I have reinforced my arguments well, and learned to develop a thesis better than I had, however I require more work

Throughout this year you have seen me develop as both a writer and as a person. This year for LA has definitely been a challenging one for me, as I learnt how to manage my time effectively, develop my writing and properly edit my writing pieces.

In the beginning of this semester I didn't like writing at all. I had a lot of difficulty when it came to writing. That was my only weakness in high school. But as I started taking basic writing, I have made a lot of progress. Before I had trouble to put detail in my essays, but now I am confident. My attitude toward writing went from negative to positive during this semester. Some aspects of the class have helped me strengthen my writing, I have builded some strengths for myself as a writer, and I know I made a lot of progress by reading my most successful essay, and by comparing my early essays to my more recent ones.

Over all my writing got way better this unit now i under stand how to affectively write a argumentitive piece. Before this unit my writing skill were really sub par i was i’ve never been good at writing and im still not the greatest but now i am more confident in my self that i can create a soild piece of writing. When i went back through my rough draft to see what i need to fix be for my final draft the biggest thing i had to chang was my grammer and spelling. I always has problems with grammer and spelling its been like that my whole life. What really helped me was the peer reveiws because they saw all of the mistakes that i didn’t and helped me improve my writing by a lot it was a big help its alawys a good idea to have at least one person

My writing experiences prior to this course have been mostly self-taught. Lacking much formal education the only writing I have been involved in over the years has been job related. I honestly cannot think of the last time I wrote any type of paper that was graded by a professional in the English field. I quit high school in 1994, obtained a GED, and finally decided to continue my education some 20 years later. I have enjoyed writing in the past but it was mostly in the form of lyrics, stories, blogs or daily journals. Writing, the way I have in the past, has been therapeutic for me. Whether or not academic writing provides me the same sense of therapy I have yet to figure out.

Gaining the proper flow of words is what I have progressively worked on and improved throughout Comp One. I had to quickly adapt to the college writing process which at first seemed to be a challenging predicament. Soon, I realized how choppy and unproportional my writing was and have molded my skills to a more tolerable standpoint. I have chosen Three previously written papers with which I will reflect my ability to transition from sentence to sentence. The ability to write a completely smooth paper has unfortunately not been one of my various talents. Hopefully, after a whole semester of college english, I have improved.

I appreciate the time you taught me in this class. I’m lucky to have you as a professor, who takes personal time to help with assignments. I have learned a lot from thesis statement and develop and organize my essay. My favorite topic is chapter 13 make a point and chapter 14 structure. My issue was not having my essay organized. The chapter 13 helped me be clearer on my point what I’m writing about. The chapter 14 helped me organized my writing. Relearning this was a refresher.

The writing process was something new to me this semester and something I was not familiar with. It took me some time to understand the steps, considering I am able to pick my own topic to write about for each essay compared to being given a specific prompt or topic. Being able to pick what I want to write about is a huge advantage because I am more engaged and motivated. Not only being able to pick my topic, being able to write multiple drafts for my essays helps me in the long run; then I can use all of my drafts to make the best final draft I can. When editing those drafts and making adjustments I would pick a certain point of emphasis like commas, run

Reflection “critical” because “it allows writers to recognize what they are doing in that particular moment, as well as to consider why the made the rhetorical choices they did” (Taczak 78). In other words, reflecting on your writing is a highly recommended step because it allows you to self assess your writing and give yourself feedback to further improve.

to be an exceptional writer; however, during the course of my writing 120 class I faced a myriad of difficulties in efforts to complete my writing assignments. Assignments such as: a memoir, rhetorical analysis, and blog were relatively new writing concepts I have not yet explored, and with the completion of each, I must say I have grown as a writer. College courses such as writing 120 are futile to the success of students who wish to grow professionally as writers in whichever field of business he or she may choose to pursue. To conclude my writing 120 course, I will begin to reflect on the tasks I have completed in efforts to become an effective writer.

During this semester, I have finished writing three different types of paper, which are summary and response essay, rhetorical analysis essay and argumentative essay. At first, I didn’t have a brief idea of how to write those essays, and I felt confused. However, with the help of professor, and the “They Say I Say” book, I could continue to study and knew what to do with my paper. I still consider writing as a complex task to do, I have to do a lot of preparations before I start, such as searching information on the internet or in the library, having an outline, writing a draft and so on. When I start writing, I have to take care of the grammar, spelling of the words, and add enough figurative language; after I have finished, I should have a works cited page and check again about the grammar and spelling. It is a tiring process to write an essay, but I try my best to enjoy it.

What aspects of your writing give you the most confidence? What needs additional work, and what can you do to improve?

Throughout the semester, I learned how to read and think critically, how to write in various writing format and significantly, don’t get caught in the trap of the 5 paragraph essay. Moreover, I have progressed tremendously in being able to compare, contrast and synthesize academic materials in course reading.

I think I worked hard on this essay. I tried to make in better for each draft. I had enjoyed telling my story, because I nobody know it before. It was helpful to write it and get in go. My biggest problem was to give more details. It was hard to remember the story, but I tried to give as much details as I could. I am proud for my details, they are in right order and there are many of them. I hadn’t known that I need to give all the details that happened to me.